THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC

Financial Trends

Organization Details

THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC, founded in 2009, is a small nonprofit that reported $455K in total revenue in fiscal year 2025. Revenue fell 80% from the prior year — a significant decline worth monitoring. Expenses of $1.9M exceeded revenue, resulting in a 314% operating deficit.

Mission

THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE WAS A NATIONAL SOCIAL CHANGE ORGANIZATION WORKING TOWARD A COUNTRY WHERE EVERYONE HAS A FAIR SHOT AT WELLBEING. FFI'S MISSION IS GROUNDED IN THREE TRUTHS: FIRST, WE'RE ALL HARDWIRED FOR WELLBEING - THE COMBINATION AND BALANCE OF ELEMENTS ESSENTIAL FOR EVERY PERSON TO HAVE HEALTH, HOPE, AND RESILIENCE. SECOND, WE DON'T ALL GET THE SAME ACCESS TO WELLBEING, AND THE RESULT IS GROWING GAPS IN HEALTH, WEALTH, AND THRIVING. THIRD, WE CAN FIX THIS, IF WE -- GOVERNMENT, NEIGHBORS, BUSINESSES AND SERVICES-- PUT WELLBEING AT THE CENTER OF THE DECISIONS WE MAKE, FROM BIG PUBLIC POLICY, TO HOW WE BUILD NEIGHBORHOODS, TO HOW POLICE AND NEIGHBORS INTERACT. FROM THESE THREE SIMPLE STATEMENTS COME WHOLE NEW WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING CHALLENGES, AND WHOLE NEW WAYS OF ADDRESSING THEM. OUR WORK SHIFTED POWER, POLICY, AND NARRATIVES, CATALYZING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE BY SEEDING A MOVEMENT OF UNLIKELY ALLIES WHO UNDERSTAND HOW NEW PERSPECTIVES CAN LEAD TO NEW RESPONSES. FFI'S IMPACT INCLUDES DURABLE POLICY AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN FIELDS RANGING FROM HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS TO JUVENILE JUSTICE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHCARE, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. FFI'S COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS HAVE CREATED NEW AVENUES FOR THOSE PROXIMATE TO SYSTEMIC HARMS TO FUNDAMENTALLY SHIFT THE ORIENTATION OF ANTI-VIOLENCE, COURT, AND OTHER SYSTEMS. IN OCTOBER 2024, THE BOARD OF FULL FRAME INITIATIVE VOTED TO INITIATE A RESPONSIBLE, IMPACTFUL WIND-DOWN OF THE ORGANIZATION'S OPERATIONS, TARGETING A SPRING 2025 CLOSURE. THE DECISION WAS INFORMED BY REDUCED PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT IN LONG-TERM SYSTEMS CHANGE, COUPLED WITH THE NEED FOR A DEEPER STAFF BENCH TO REDUCE THE DISRUPTIONS TO PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKFLOW WHEN STAFF TURNED OVER. THE DECISION WAS MADE PROACTIVELY, LONG BEFORE THE ORGANIZATION WAS IN CRISIS, ALLOWING FFI TO DEFY THE NORMS OF TYPICAL NONPROFIT CLOSURES, WHICH CAN BE SUDDEN, HARMFUL, AND FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE. FFI'S PROGRAMMING ENDED MAY 31, 2025. BETWEEN THE OCTOBER 2024 VOTE AND THAT TIME, FFI (1) WORKED WITH CURRENT PARTNERS TO ENSURE FFI NOT ONLY MET ALL ITS OBLIGATIONS, BUT ALSO LEFT PARTNERS BETTER ABLE TO CONTINUE WITHOUT FFI MOVING FORWARD; (2) REBUILT THE FULLFRAMEINITIATIVE.ORG WEBSITE AS A LEGACY RESOURCE HUB, RE-RELEASING OVER 100 TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND CURRICULA THAT HADN'T BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE; ALMOST ALL RESOURCES WERE RELEASED UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHARALINE-4.0 LICENSING TO FACILITATE ONGOING EVOLUTION AND APPLICATION BY OTHERS; AND (3) ENGAGED OVER 50 PAST AND PRESENT PARTNERS AND ALLIES IN A PLANNING PROCESS TO DETERMINE HOW ELEMENTS OF THE WORK COULD LIVE ON, AND THEN TO IMPLEMENT THIS. AS A RESULT, IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 2025, 19 LONG-TIME PARTNERS WITH DEEP EXPERTISE IN APPLYING FFI'S WELLBEING AND OTHER FRAMEWORKS BECAME "STEWARDS", COMMITTING TO STEWARDING THE WORK FORWARD THROUGH THEIR INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE AS WELL AS NEW COLLECTIVE COLLABORATIONS. THEY AND MORE THAN 80 OTHER FFI PARTNERS ALSO SIGNED ON AS CHAMPIONS, CREATING A COMMUNITY OF ALLIES FOR MUTUAL SUPPORT AND CONSULTATION. CHAMPIONS WERE GIVEN ACCESS TO A SUITE OF ADVANCED RESOURCES NOT APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC RELEASE, INTRODUCTIONS TO EACH OTHER THROUGH ONLINE EVENTS, IN-PERSON LOCAL "MEET UPS", AND A NEW PRIVATE LINKEDIN CHANNEL; STEWARDS WERE ALSO GIVEN ACCESS TO A SMALL NUMBER OF HIGHLY TECHNICAL TOOLS AND CURRICULA. DURING THIS TIME, FFI ALSO COMPLETED AS MUCH ADMINISTRATIVE WIND-DOWN AS WAS POSSIBLE. AFTER MAY, THE CEO AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE STAYED ON AS REGULAR EMPLOYEES FOR TWO MONTHS, AND THEN ON A VERY PART-TIME BASIS THROUGH EARLY 2026 TO ENSURE ALL ADMINISTRATIVE, OPERATIONAL, FINANCIAL, AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WERE MET. FFI'S BOARD DOWNSIZED TO FIVE MEMBERS AFTER PROGRAMMING CEASED; THE BOARD AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONTINUED THEIR FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND REGULAR MEETINGS THROUGH 2025. THROUGHOUT 2025, THROUGH WRITING, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, AND PODCAST APPEARANCES, FFI'S CEO LEVERAGED FFI'S CONSCIOUS CLOSURE EXPERIENCE TO CHALLENGE NARRATIVES ABOUT NONPROFIT CLOSURE, AND TO BUILD ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE FIELD FOR CLOSURES BEING UNDERTAKEN RESPONSIBLY. YOU CAN READ MORE AT FULLFRAMEINITIATIVE.ORG.

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